(Originally appeared in Mutant Renegade Zine #14, Summer 2000) Gary Thompson has been a staple in the Dayton music scene since the early ‘80s. Gary was influenced early in his life my electronic music especially Gary Numan. Gary has been involved in several bands in...

(Originally appeared in Mutant Renegade Zine #13, Winter 2000) When Greg Reynolds first heard Kiss and Cheap Trick, he knew he wanted to play guitar. He bought his first guitar in 7th grade. He bought it from a girl for ten dollars. It was an old red and black...

(Originally appeared in Mutant Renegade Zine #12, Fall 1999) Welcome to Deadbeat Corner. I recently met with the mystery man of Dayton, Rev. Cool. Rev. Cool hosts a music show on WYSO-91.3FM radio which features a delightful mix of music ranging from straight forward...

(Originally appeared in Mutant Renegade Zine #11, Summer 1999) Syd is the singer for the Dayton band Morella’s Forest. Morella’s Forest has been described as everything from shoe gazing noise pop to candy pop with a new wave quirkiness to an undulating...

(Originally appeared in Mutant Renegade Zine #10, Winter 1999) Joel Lensch (aka Lucky) is the latest victim of deadbeat corner. One evening I saw Joel’s face on the local cable station in his perfect white chef’s uniform. He was being interviewed by...

(Originally appeared in Mutant Renegade Zine #9, Fall 1998) Rob Wagner is the latest victim of Dead Beat Corner. Rob is the guy with pulled back long hair who provides the audience at Canal Street Tavern and various other places in the Dayton area with a dynamic mix...

(Originally appeared in Mutant Renegade Zine #8, Winter 1997) Scott Bodine is the latest victim in the Dead Beat Corner. Scott is a 26 year old skirt chaser who kinda looks like a blonde version of Grog. I think they were twins separated at birth.. Scott has been in...

(Originally appeared in Mutant Renegade Zine #4, Spring 1994) The feature artist of DeadBeat Corner is a man in a band with many names and many stories that follow him around. Jimmy Hearse is the lead singer and second guitar in Haunting Souls. And please remember...

(Originally Appeared in Mutant Renegade Zine #3 – July 1993) You may know her as Fen, that girl in ColaVision, or the psychotic one for living one year in the same house with Grog, Timmy Bo Dean Wyatt Earp, and Psycho Gail, but Jennifer Cook is one of the...

(Originally appeared in Mutant Renegade Zine #2 – July 1991) Hello there! The featured musician in theis issue of Mutant Renegade Zine is Ed Lacy, who is keyboardist of the Raging Mantras (otherwise known as the Killjoys). There is a long, involved story about...

(Originally appeared in Mutant Renegade Zine #1 – Dec 1990) Hey everybody. This is DeadBeat Corner where all the action is at!!!!! How many of you out there complain every so often that there is nothing to do in Dayton??? Well, maybe you just aren’t...